Wall Street
executives may face smaller bonuses and a public that still eyes them
with suspicion, but that isn't stopping them from rediscovering their
love of luxury cars, oceanfront homes and private jets.

A soaring stock market, a
surge in merger deals and an uptick in hiring on Wall Street are
allowing bankers to gradually return to the lavish lifestyles they
enjoyed until the 2008 financial crisis came crashing down on their
party.